Plans for developing town centres

Four municipalities in the Upper Savo region sought to boost their attractiveness and vitality by
developing town centres. The city of Iisalmi and municipalities of Lapinlahti,
Sonkajärvi and Vieremä had conducted a survey to scan the thoughts and ideas for the development
of services in the town centres from inhabitants, businesses and other
stakeholders earlier this spring. MDI carried out an intensive process to the municipalities resulting in the
development plans for town centres in each municipality. Based on the desk
study, the process culminated in “centre hackathon”, where the contents for the development plans
will be outlined.

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